Seems to me that the male NPC romance options almost all have something decidedly off about them, something unsettlingly strange, not just normal run of the mill personality quirks.

In the immortal words of Eutoxis:

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It is true, however, that every LI toon for a female player that I've ever encountered is repulsive on some level: cowtipper, catboy, sleazebag holoaddict for the republic side that I've seen so far; borged out bug, skeevy pirate, effeminate <spoiler>, bieber fett on the empire side.

All that said? I think Corso is sweet and old-fashioned if clingy. For all their myriad flaws, some of them do add to the game.

This sorta sums up the Corso romance, imo, it made me uncomfortable. (Quinn's didn't, go figure). His constant insistance that I was a lady did it, I think, along with his constant fits of jealousy (though quite hilarious). I just couldn't get the rid of the nagging suspicion that if I ever broke up with him that I would have to slap a restraining order on him or he would snatch me away and lock me away in some gilded cage or worse, a love dungeon. For my own protection, of course.

This sorta sums up the Corso romance, imo, it made me uncomfortable. (Quinn's didn't, go figure). His constant insistance that I was a lady did it, I think, along with his constant fits of jealousy (though quite hilarious). I just couldn't get the rid of the nagging suspicion that if I ever broke up with him that I would have to slap a restraining order on him or he would snatch me away and lock me away in some gilded cage or worse, a love dungeon. For my own protection, of course.

I do think the romances add a lot to the storylines, however.

lol

I think how the NPC ends up flirting will have a different reaction from each player. Now I admit, I don't quite get the out of character discomfort (sense I see it as just a game) especially since they (the devs) likely wanted to try to diversify the NPC personalities, but I would love to have little in character moments in the storyline where you can play out a scene with yoru character thinking that to themself if not saying it out loud.

Just one thing to add to what i said earlier (that the biggest flaw not only of romances, but companions in all, is that every class has their own set of companions), I believe one of the most frustrating things about romances that you can only try things that may work.

I am specifically thinking of Watcher 2 in the Imperial Agent storyline here.

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She likes only human males. If you're not human, you can't even try. However, since the romance culminates in a single one dinner relatively early in the game from what I hear. So it's not big, but better than nothing.

That's of course a trait that befits her, but she never shows that in-game, you can only find out by comparing game events with other players who played through themselves. You can't even learn those details about the characters in-game.

Just one thing to add to what i said earlier (that the biggest flaw not only of romances, but companions in all, is that every class has their own set of companions), I believe one of the most frustrating things about romances that you can only try things that may work.

I am specifically thinking of Watcher 2 in the Imperial Agent storyline here.

Spoiler

She likes only human males. If you're not human, you can't even try. However, since the romance culminates in a single one dinner relatively early in the game from what I hear. So it's not big, but better than nothing.

That's of course a trait that befits her, but she never shows that in-game, you can only find out by comparing game events with other players who played through themselves. You can't even learn those details about the characters in-game.

things like that could be BWs way of encouraging players to diversify and replay through the game. To find little easter eggs like that.

Romances differ greatly depending on what class you play, what gender you are and most importantly the character you romance.

Spoilers for Imperial Agent and Trooper below.

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As a male Imperial Agent I have the choice between Kaliyo (a gangster basically) and Ensign Temple (a young Imperial traditionalist whose father worked for Imperial Intelligence). They both want completely different things out of relationships and are almost the polar opposite of each other. If you're a female your only option is Vector, a joiner of the Kiliks and previously of the Imperial Diplomatic Service. He's a real sweetheart and honestly I formed a good friendship with him as a male IA. I can imagine his romance options would be some of the most unique in the game. Males can also flirt with SCORPIO, a female droid who appears as your last companion, she thanks you for it but obviously it doesn't lead anywhere and her companion storyline is quite short.

I ended up choosing Temple after Kaliyo pretty much cheated on me with another guy in my own ship. In the end Temple was discussing tradition (marriage and kids) with me but I told her that our lives weren't right for that sort of stuff, being secret agents and all. So in the end of the arc we've ended up as boyfriend/girlfriend and not married. I also tried my hardest to flirt with Watcher Two early on but she didn't want any of it since I was already involved with Kaliyo at the time. By the time later flirt options came along Temple was already around. Also technically I got married to a Voss but that was just for a mission's sake

As a male Trooper I really only had one option, Elara Dorne. I did the whole storyline earlier last year so I can't quite remember it all, but there's General Garza's secretary for flirting and maybe some randoms on missions and that's about it. Honestly compared to Imperial Agent I can see why people think the Trooper storyline is a bit dull, though if you go Dark Side like I did it gets a little bit more interesting. I got married to Elara in the end after being supportive to her over the course of her storyline.

So I wouldn't say they're disappointing. It just depends on a lot of different factors and a few class/gender combinations can be a bit dull.

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Just one thing to add to what i said earlier (that the biggest flaw not only of romances, but companions in all, is that every class has their own set of companions), I believe one of the most frustrating things about romances that you can only try things that may work.

I am specifically thinking of Watcher 2 in the Imperial Agent storyline here.

Spoiler

She likes only human males. If you're not human, you can't even try. However, since the romance culminates in a single one dinner relatively early in the game from what I hear. So it's not big, but better than nothing.

That's of course a trait that befits her, but she never shows that in-game, you can only find out by comparing game events with other players who played through themselves. You can't even learn those details about the characters in-game.

What? I flirted with her multiple times as a Chiss. I don't know if you mean it's not possible to get the the end of the romance options with her while being alien, but the flirt options were available to me.

I enjoyed the romances, rather. None of them were fed to me. I mean, there was enough left vague that I could RP the romance as I chose, making it unique to my own character, rather. And each ended up being wonderful foils for whatever class I was playing, just nice additions to the character stories.

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